that has just been extended northward up toward virginia, before that storm tracks away from the east coast, likely bringing some tropical storm force winds as early as late tomorrow night on parts of the outer banks of north carolina. brent? >> as a matter of fact, nbc's jay gray is in north carolina this morning. looks like a pretty nice morning so far there. looks like jay's having a tough time hearing us. >> reporter: it's a good day today out here. the sun is shining, the waves, though, are picking up. we've seen that over the last 12 to 24 hours. it's only going to get worse in the next couple of days. a lot of people getting out, trying to enjoy what they can right now before things turn nasty here. when they do, what forecasters say we will see is high seas, 20 feet or so, or the crests there, dangerous rip current in those waters. but also hard, hard driving winds. hurricane force winds, and rain 4 inches an hour in some areas, which could lead to some flash flooding so they're going to be very dangerous conditions, even though those same forecasters say this storm is not goi